20 years ago it started in Hungary. The first domino to fall, followed by Czechoslowakia, East Germany, Romania… 1989 was an incredible year…
End of March I was in Hungary to work on a chapter of the Refugees book. There were pro-democracy demonstrations in the streets… Little did we know how far this would go.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 15/03/1989: Opposition demonstration before the change of regime in Hungary.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 15/03/1989: Opposition demonstration before the change of regime in Hungary.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 15/03/1989: Opposition demonstration before the change of regime in Hungary.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 24/03/1989: Pro democracy demonstrations announcing the regime change.
Posted Tuesday Jun 30, 2009, in Uncategorized | 5 Comments
BELGIUM. Brussels. 1/06/1982: Zoo near the Atomium.
I am off to Brussels tomorrow and will not have constant access to the Internet for some time…
Posted Friday Jun 12, 2009, in Schedule | 2 Comments
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 10/06/2009: Richard ROGERS, Head of the Defence team, at a press conference on the 26th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
Day 26 is the last one for me at the ECCC for some time: I’ll be off to Brussels this saturday and be back in Penh at the beginning of August. I sure am going to miss quite a bit: the testimonies of Mam Nay, interrogator at S21, Him Houy, guard at S21. They are in the pipeline and both took their oath in front of the Lok Ta Dambang Dek statue (the Spirit with the Iron Stick), yesterday and today. But I will not miss the catering at the ECCC tribunal… If you care to join…
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 9/06/2009: Catering on the 25th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 8/06/2009: Catering on the 24th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 27/05/2009: Catering on the 22nd day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 19/05/2009: Catering on the 17th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
Posted Wednesday Jun 10, 2009, in Khmer Rouge and Latest Productions | 3 Comments
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 9/06/2009: Sculpture representing the god of Justice where witnesses, like Mam Nay, Chief Interrogator at S21, today, took their oath before appearing in court on the 25th day of Duch trial at the ECCC. The fire trucks hide the entrance gate to the prison where the accused are kept.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 9/06/2009: The accused on screen in press room on the 25th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
Posted Tuesday Jun 09, 2009, in Khmer Rouge and Latest Productions | No Comments
Things caught up again after one week of intermission…
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 8/06/2009: The courtroom building on the 24th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 8/06/2009: Judge Silvia Cartwright on the 24th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
Posted Monday Jun 08, 2009, in Khmer Rouge and Latest Productions | 1 Comment
LAOS. Kassia. 06/10/1993: Rice harvest of Hmong tribe. Sickle to reap early rice. The stems are cut at a height of 40 cm and left to dry on top of the remains.
BURMA. Mong Kar (Wa State). 10/11/2003: Rice harvest in paddy fields. UNODC has built irrigation canals in the area allowing several crops of rice a year. Their main concern is that the newly irrigated land will be occupied by Chinese immigrants.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 7/06/2009: Mothers day.
Posted Sunday Jun 07, 2009, in Latest Productions | 3 Comments
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh (Phnom Penh). 5/06/2008: Inhabitants of Group 78, the last cluster to be evicted on the Bassac front, leaving for Boeung Trabek.
Posted Friday Jun 05, 2009, in Land Issues and Latest Productions | 1 Comment
On June 4th 1989 I left Cambodia. I would be coming back: October 10th of the same year, but in the refugee camps of Site 2 and Khao-i-Dang.
CAMBODIA. Neak Leung. 04/06/1989: On route Nr 1, going from Phnom Penh to Vietnam. Ferry on the Mekong river.
CAMBODIA. Bavet. 04/06/1989: Customs formalities at Cambodian-Vietnamese border.
Posted Friday Jun 05, 2009, in Uncategorized | 1 Comment